Economy Minister Naftali Bennett has not done his part to help Israelis with their housing and daily lives, Kulanu party chairman and former Likud minister Moshe Kahlon opined Friday.

“I want to let you know, Mr. Bennett – I am with the nationalist camp,” Kahlon stated, speaking from a visit to local vendors in Hadera Friday. “Just because I’m not weird like you, and just because I don’t support hilltop youth doesn’t mean I’m not a member of the nationalist bloc. When I was in the nationalist camp you didn’t even know what that was.”

Kahlon claimed that previous nationalist leaders, such as Hanan Porat and Zevulun Hamar, would be ashamed of Bennett. 

He then further attacked Bennett for doing “nothing except make empty, false statements” in his duty as economy minister during the 19th Knesset. 

Kahlon argued as well that the upcoming elections are not related to the right or left, but to the economy – whether people will “ever have a chance to buy an apartment, have a chance to marry, and find a normal job, and live in dignity.” 

“We want an answer from the government on how house prices rose 17%, on how the cost of living climbed so high, how it got to be that no one in the government has real data on it,” he accused. 

Kulanu’s platform has been almost entirely economic, and the former Likud minister – who was instrumental in breaking the cellular monopoly in Israel in 2012 – is a top candidate for Finance Minister.

Recent polls give the fledgling party between 7-10 seats.